Swedish experimental physicist Thomas Nilsson is the new Scientific Director of the GSI in Darmstadt. In the following, he talks about his plans, the glamor of the Nobel Prize – and his penchant for…
Adelheid Sommer is a physicist is head of the school lab at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Zeuthen, which she also established. She serves as co-spokesperson for the network of school…
Boycott movements against researchers from Israel are steadily growing worldwide. To counter this, members of the Alliance of German Science Organizations, under the auspices of the Helmholtz…
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As 2024 draws to a close, we look back at defining moments in the community. Some are surprising, others are encouraging and still others are thought-provoking. What all ten have in common, however,…
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft today announced the winners of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2025. Among them are biochemist Ana Pombo from Max Delbrück Center and biologist Maria-Elena…
The year 2023 was warmer than climate models had predicted. Researchers at the AWI may have now found the reason: our planet's reflectivity is decreasing because it lacks certain clouds.
